Empirical Evidence of Man’s Accountability towards God · Another chance for Israelites

Empirical Evidence for Man’s Accountability to God 1

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Empirical Evidence of Man’s Accountability towards God

Muhammad Mubashir Nazir


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The Basic Premise of Religion

� This world has a Creator;

� He has created this world as a trial;

� He has sent man in this world for a specific period of time;

� At the conclusion of this period, this world will necessarily

end and its earth and heavens shall be replaced by a new earth and new heavens; a new world will then come into

being.

� All mankind shall be raised up there and shall be rewarded or punished on the basis of their beliefs and deeds.


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Significance of this Reality

� Indefinite future of mankind depends on this reality.

� Religion requires us to accept this reality.

� Consequently, from the very first day of creation the

Almighty has made arrangements that no one should be

able to deny this reality on the basis of knowledge and

intellect.

� This reality should remain so evident before people that

those who deny it would not be able to present any excuse before the Almighty on the Day of Judgement.


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Empirical Evidence for this Reality

� The Almighty appointed certain noble persons from mankind as prophets so that

they could bear witness to the truth before the people on the basis of divine

revelation.

� Some of these prophets were elevated to a special status. The objective was to

prove the existence of God and the Hereafter before the people in the very manner

scientific facts are proven through empirical evidence in a laboratory.

� The methodology adopted for presenting this empirical evidence was that these

messengers communicated the truth to their people and then declared that they will

set up a court of justice for their immediate audience on behalf of the Almighty.

� The reward and punishment on the basis of one’s faith and deeds which they have

been informed of will take place for their immediate audience in this very world.

� For other people, Court in this world, will become an empirical evidence of Man’s accountability in hereafter.


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Phases of Worldly Judgement

Time Line

Noah

Hud

Saleh Lut

Abraham

Moses

Jesus

Muhammad

Worldly Judgement demonstrated through Individual Prophets

Worldly Judgement demonstrated through Individual Prophets as

well as selected nations

Phase I Phase II

Shuaib

Jonah

(Peace be upon all of them عليہم الصلوة والس�م)


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Worldly Judgment: Phase I

Worldly Judgement

demonstrated through

Individual Prophets


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Methodology for Worldly Judgement

Invitation to accept the truth

Accepted by few and

rejected by most

Clarification of Message

by arguments

Final Sign, Itmam-e-Hujjat

& Acquittal

Migration ofProphets & His

Followers

Punishment toDisbelievers

Prosperity toBelievers


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Prophets & Nations

� Noah for Northern Iraq: 7000BC

� Hud for nation Áad: 5000BC

� Saleh for nation Thamud: 4000BC

� Lut for Sodom: 2500BC

� Abraham for Babylon: 2500BC

� Shuaib for Madyan: 1400BC

� Moses to Egypt: 1400BC

� Jonah for Nineveh: 700BC

� Jesus for Israel: 0 AD

� Muhammad to Arab: 600AD

(Peace be upon all of them عليہم الصلوة والس�م )


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Location Map


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Location Map – Madain SalehTo Tabuk

� Tabuk road from Madina,

from Khyber turn towards

West and reach Ula.

� Coastal highway from

Jeddah to Yanbu to Wijh,

from Wijh turn towards

East and reach Ula.

� Madain Saleh is 20KM

from Ula.


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Location Map – Madain Saleh


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Madain Saleh

A Thamudic home at historical site of Madain Saleh, Saudi Arabia

For archaeological details visit www.perishednations.com

Remember how you were

made the heirs of ‘Ad and

settled in the land, capable

of building mansions in the

valleys and carving out

homes in the mountains.

Therefore, remember the

favors of Allah and do not

spread mischief in the

land." (Quran 7:78)


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Madain Saleh

Interior of a Thamudic home

Door of a Thamudic

home


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Location Map – Madyan

From Madina

� Coastal highway

from Diba to Al-

Bad’

� Tabuk to Haql road

and before Haql,

go towards South

to Al-Bad’

� From Aqabah,

cross the Jordan-

Saudi border and

come to Haql and

take the highway to

Al-Bad’


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Location Map – Madyan

Historical site of

Madyan is

located inside

the town of Al-

Bad’


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Madyan

Historical Site of Madyan at Al-Bad’ Town, Saudi Arabia

Thereupon an earthquake overtook them and they became lifeless bodies in their

homes with their faces down. (Quran 7:91)


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Location Map – Sodom

� Take the road towards Dead

Sea Road from Amman. Move

along with Dead Sea towards

South.

� From Aqabah, move towards

North to Dead Sea.

� Sodom and other cities of the

nation of Prophet Lut were

situated near the Southern part

of Dead Sea.


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Location Map – Sodom

Historical site of

Sodom is situated

near the salt lakes

and Southern part

of Dead Sea.


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Sodom

Saltish water of Dead Sea near

Sodom

The cursed valley of Sodom

For archaeological details visit

http://wyattmuseum.com/cities-of-

the-plain.htm


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Sodom

An overview of valley of Sodom

We let loose rain of brimstone andevery one of them was killed; see whatwas the outcome for such criminals..(Quran 7:84)


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Sodom

Early the next morning, Abraham gotup and went to the place where hestood before the Lord (for prayer).Abraham looked down into the valleytoward the cities of Sodom andGomorrah. He saw clouds of smokerising from the land, like smoke from afurnace. (Bible, Genesis 19:27-28)

When Our Judgement came to pass, Weturned the cities upside down andrained down on them brimstones ofbaked clay, layer upon layer. (Quran11:82)


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Worldly Judgment: Phase II

Worldly Judgement demonstrated through

Individual Prophets as well as nations


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God’s Plan regarding Abraham

Progeny

� The Almighty selected the progeny of Abraham. He made them the symbol of His Reward and Punishment. Whenever they did well, they

were rewarded in this world and whenever they deviated from right path,

they were punished within this world.

� Objective of this arrangement was that the concept of Accountability in

hereafter would become an established and irrefutable fact before all

the people of the world to the extent that they are left with no excuse to reject it. God will reward or punish people in hereafter as He rewarded or

punished the progeny of Abraham.

� The account of this worldly Judgement is mentioned in detail in the

Quran and in the Bible. Main theme of the Bible is the worldly judgement

of Israelites and that of Quran is the worldly judgement of Ishmaelites


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Progeny of Prophet Abraham

Abraham

Ishmael Isaac

Jacob / Israel

Israelite Race(Bani Israel)

Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Eliah, Ezra

Jesus

Ishmaelite Race(Bani Ismael)

Muhammad

Sett

led

in A

rabi

a

Settled in Palestine

Rise 600 AD – 1500 AD Rise 1400BC – 70AD


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Worldly Judgment of Israelite Race

Worldly Judgement demonstrated

through Israelite Race

(Period 1400BC – Now)


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God’s Covenant with Israelites

Remember my laws and commands, and obey them. If you do these things:

� I will give you rains at the time they should come. The land will grow crops and

the trees of the field will grow their fruit. Your threshing will continue until it is

time to gather grapes. And your grape gathering will continue until it is time to

plant. Then you will have plenty to eat.

� And you will live safely in your land. I will give peace to your country. You will

lie down in peace. No one will come to make you afraid.

� I will keep harmful animals out of your country.

� And armies will not come through your country. You will chase your enemies

and defeat them. You will kill them with your sword. Five of you will chase 100

men, and 100 of you will chase 10,000 men. You will defeat your enemies and

kill them with your sword.


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God’s Covenant with Israelites

If you refuse to obey my laws and commands, you have broken my agreement. If you do that:

� I will cause terrible things to happen to you.

� I will cause you to have disease and fever. They will destroy your eyes and take away your

life.

� You will not have success when you plant your seed.

� And your enemies will eat your crops. I will be against you, so your enemies will defeat

you. These enemies will hate you and rule over you. You will run away even when no one is

chasing you.

� And I will also destroy the great cities that make you proud.

� If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder!

� I will make your holy places empty.

� You will be taken to your enemy’s country. Your country will be empty.

(Leviticus Chapter 26)


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History of Israelites: An Empirical

Evidence

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500

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2000

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Materialistic &

Sp

iritualistic C

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Settlement in Egypt

Era of Moses & Exodus

Era of David & Solomon

First Diaspora

Era of Ezra & Nehemiah

Maccabee Movement

Second Diaspora

Era of punishment

Final Call by Jesus


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Settlement of Israelites in Egypt

� Prophet Joseph became the Prime Minister

in Egypt.

� He settled his brothers in Nile Delta.

� Due to preaching, a great number of

Egyptians entered into their religion, In 400

years, their number grew to several hundred

thousands.

� Local Egyptians initiated a Great revolt

against the Hyksos kings, the patrons of

Israelites, as a result of that Israelites were

made slaves.

� Prophet Moses was sent to Pharaoh who

rejected his call and was sunk in Red Sea.

(Peace be upon them, عليہما الصلوة والس�م)


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Exodus & First Rise of Israelites

� Israelites crossed the Red Sea near present-day

Suez and came to Sinai Peninsula.

� At Mount Sinai, Prophet Moses was given

Torah.

� Israelites were kept in Sinai for 40 years. Their

younger generation conquered present-day

Jordan.

� Prophet Moses died at Mount Nebu in Jordan.

� His caliph, Joshua conquered the Palestine and

established a God-oriented society.

� This God-oriented society flourished and a

great kingdom was established in the areas of

present-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

� The great kingdom reached at its peak during

the eras of Prophet David and Solomon.

(Peace be upon them, عليہم الصلوة والس�م)

Photo Courtesy: World Bible Translation Center www.wbtc.com


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First Fall of Israelites� The Israelite Kingdom splitted into two parts i.e.

Israel and Judah.

� King of Israel, Ahab married a polytheist princess

Jezbel who propagated polytheistic beliefs in

Baa’lbak. Kingdom of Judah also deviated from the

right path. Israelites started adopting the polytheistic

practices.

� Prophet Elijah and Elisha (peace be upon them)

preached monotheism but the majority adopted

polytheism.

� Kingdom of Israel was destroyed by Assyrians in

700BC.

� People of Kingdom of Judah also deviated from the

right path. There were attacked and Jerusalem was

destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 587BC.

� Most of Israelites were made slaves and exiled to

Babylon.

Assyrians

Babylonians

Photo Courtesy: www.bible-history.com


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Second Rise of Israelites

� Prophet Ezra (peace be upon him)

established a revivalist movement in

Israelites. Majority of them repented.

� Babylon was conquered by Iranians who

had a soft corner for Israelites.

� Israelites were allowed to re-build the

Jerusalem.

� Nehemiah (peace be upon him) re-

established the God-oriented society,

implemented the Divine Law and spread

the Torah education.

� Moral character of Israelites was

strengthened.

� Israelites got back their glory of past. Photo Courtesy: Daily Bible Study www.keyway.ca


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Second Fall of Israelites

� Israelite and Iranian empires were conquered by

Alexander.

� Greeks introduced polytheism and moral

degeneration in Israelites.

� Maccabee movement was a reaction to alien rule and

polytheistic practices.

� Israelites established a state under Greek rule whose

ruler killed Prophet John.

� A final call to Israelites was sent by God through

Prophet Jesus but most of Israelites rejected his call

and tried to kill him.

� Israelites were punished in form of Second Diaspora

in 70AD, Jerusalem was destroyed and Israelites

were made slaves and spread around the world by

Roman King Titus.

� From that time, Israelites are punished many times

by different rulers as a result of their arrogant

behaviour against God.Photo Courtesy: www.bible.ca


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Another chance for Israelites

Besides this, We forewarned the Israelites in their Holy Book that you will do mischief in

the land twice through becoming arrogant transgressors and each time you will be punished.

When the promise for the first of the two fore warnings came to be fulfilled, We sent against

you Our servants (the Assyrians) who gave you a terrible warfare: so they rampaged through

your homes to carry out the punishment of which you were forewarned.

Then after this, We afforded you an opportunity to overpower them and helped you with

wealth and sons and granted you more manpower. If you did good, it was to your own

benefit; but if you did evil, it proved to be bad for your own selves.

Then, when the promise for your second forewarning came to be fulfilled, We sent another

army (the Romans) to disfigure your faces and to enter your Temple as the former had

entered it before, and they utterly destroyed all that they laid their hands on.

Now your Lord may again be merciful to you; but if you repeat the same behavior, We

will repeat the punishment, and in the hereafter, We have made hell a prison for such

unbelievers. (Quran 17:4-8)


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Conclusions

From the Israelite history, we can conclude:

� The Israelite history is a sample of God’s

Reward and Punishment. Whatever He did with

Israelites, He will do with all of us in hereafter.

� The Messengers of God e.g. Moses, David,

Solomon, Ezra, John, Jesus (peace be upon them)

send to Israel were the real messengers of God

because their prophecies became true.


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Worldly Judgement of Ishmaelite Race

Worldly Judgement demonstrated

through Ishmaelite Race

(Period 610AD – Now)


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And struggle for the cause of God in a befitting manner. He has chosen you

[for this responsibility], and laid on you no burdens in the observance of your

faith. He has chosen for you the way of Abraham your father. He has

named you Muslims earlier and in this [period of the last Prophet] as well.

[He had chosen you] so that the Prophet may bear witness against you, and

that you yourselves may bear witness [to God & the Day of Judgement]against other people of this world. (Quran 22:78)

God has promised those of you who professed belief and did good deeds that

He would grant them political authority in the land the way He granted

political authority to those who were before them and He would strongly

establish their religion He chose for them, and replace their fear by peace.

They will worship Me and serve none besides Me, and he who again rejects

after this will indeed be among the disobedient. (Quran 24:55)

God’s Covenant with Ishmaelites


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History of Ishmaelites: An Empirical

Evidence

God’s reward & punishment for Ishmaelites during their history

Nation Development 2000BC to 600AD

Call of God through Prophet Muhammad. Rejection of this Call by chiefs of Makkah & acceptance by chiefs of

Madina 610AD

God’s first punishment on rejecters at Badr battle in 624 AD

God’s final punishment on rejecters after conquest of Arabia 631AD

God’s Reward to Acceptors: Spread of Arab Caliphate to entire civilized world in 15-20 years 650AD

God’s punishment: Civil wars in Umayyad Period due to their corruption 680-685 AD

God’s Reward: Prosperity during eras of Umar Bin Abdul Aziz & Haroon

Rashid 720AD & 780 AD

God’s Punishment: Fall of Abbasid empire by Tatars 1258 AD

God’s Punishment: Fall of Spain 1492 AD


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Initial Punishment for the Rejecters

(O believers!) In fact, it was not you whokilled them, but it was God Who killedthem;….He might pass the believerssuccessfully through this excellent trial; …

O unbelievers! You wanted a decision (forpunishment); lo! The decision, in shape of thebelievers' victory, has come to you.

Now if you desist, it will be better for you,and if you repeat your act of war against thebelievers, so shall We repeat the act ofproviding them assistance, and your forces,however large in number they may be, shallavail you nothing, for verily God is with thebelievers. (Quran 8:17-19)

Mosque Arish at Badr Town, Saudi Arabia

From here Prophet Muhammad commanded his army.


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Final Punishment for the Rejecters

A declaration of immunity from God and HisMessenger is hereby made to those of thepagans with whom you have made a treaty.(O unbelievers! "You have four months to goaround in the land unmolested; but youshould know that you cannot frustrate the willof God, and that God will humiliate theunbelievers.”

When the forbidden months are over, thenfight the pagans wherever you find them,seize them, besiege them, and lie in ambushfor them in every stratagem of war, but if theyrepent, establish prayer and pay Zakah, thenlet them go their way: surely Allah isForgiving, Merciful. (Quran 9: 1-5)

Punishment for

pagans of Arabia

who rejected the

call of Prophet

Muhammad (peace

be upon him)

Only applicable to Prophet’s immediate audience


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God’s Reward for the Acceptors of

Prophet’s call

CHRISTIANITY

Islamic State Established

Islamic State in 622 AD


Photo Courtesy: www.mapsofwar.com


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God’s Punishment for Ishmaelites

FALL OF UMMAYADS AT MUSLIM SPAIN

FALL OF ABBASIDSBY TATARS


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Conclusions

From the Ishmaelite history, we can conclude:

� The Ishmaelite history is a sample of God’s

Reward and Punishment. Whatever He did with

Ishmaelite, He will do with all of us in hereafter.

� Prophet Muhammad (peace by upon him) is the true

Messenger of God because his prophecies about

the reward & punishment became true.

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